5月16日 Agora, Free Movie Screening
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What is technology? What were its effects on us in the past? And today? In the future? This is a monthly event scheduled to explore the impact of technology on the individual and on the society.
– About the Movie –
Title: Agora
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Release date: May 17, 2009
In late 4th-century Roman Egypt, the movie follows Hypatia, a female mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer. Surrounded by religious turmoil and social unrest, Hypatia struggles to save the knowledge of classical antiquity from destruction. We delve into the relationship between religion and science amidst the decline of Greco-Roman polytheism and the Christianization of the Roman Empire.
The movie is set in the library of Alexandria, the place which in the 4th century AD came closest to today’s largest data center. Alexandria, situated in the Nile delta, was in the Greco-Roman culture comparable to what Shanghai is today to the sinocentric world: a city with both the potential to unite or divide humankind for centuries to come.
– About the Discussion –
Religions have throughout humankind’s history equally united and divided people. They have erected and devastated kingdoms and empires. Historian Yuval N. Harari describes religions, empires and money as the main forces of unifying our species in ever larger organizational structures.
In fact, neither science nor religion cares that much about the truth, hence they can easily compromise, coexist and even cooperate. Religion is interested above all in order. It aims to create and maintain the social structure. Science is interested above all in power. It aims to acquire the power to cure diseases, fight wars and produce food. (Yuval N. Harari, Homo Deus)
Join us to watch Agora and discuss how science and technology have in recent years gained a religion-like status, like dataism and transhumanism.
Will religion and science converge?
And if this is the case: will we have evolved if we continue to use science against each other?
Note: Event will be completely in English; film screened with English subtitles.
– About the Moderator: Knut K. Wimberger | 郭伟刻 –
Knut helps executive management with organizational development challenges in a Far East Asian context and supports key individuals to unfold their potential through his consulting firm Telos Pi. He believes in the healing force of purpose and is driven by giving to other people deeper meaning in their work. Recently, Knut also joined Green Initiatives as a strategy director.
– Agenda –
19:00-19:30 Check-in and networking
19:30-19:45 Surprise TED talk related to the film
19:45-21:30 Agora by Alejandro Amenabar
21:30-21:45 Networking break
21:45-22:30 Moderated discussion
– Time –
May 16th, Wednesday, 19:00
– Price –
Free entry.
40 RMB for unlimited homemade pizza.
– Join us –
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– Location –
Agora Space
1199 Panyu Road, Building 8, Underground
上海市徐汇区番禺路1199弄号楼地下空間
– Past Movie Screenings –
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